National Museum of Taiwan Literature
國立台灣文學館 | |
Museum Front | |
Established | October 17, 2003 |
---|---|
Location | West Central, Tainan, Taiwan |
Type | Public art museum |
Visitors | 150,000 (2007) |
Director | Weng Chih-tsung[1] |
Curator | Lee Ruiteng (李瑞騰) |
Website | nmtl.gov.tw (English) |
The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL; Chinese: 國立臺灣文學館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Wénxuéguǎn) is a museum located in Tainan, Taiwan. It opened in 2003. The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds a large collection of local works in Taiwanese, Japanese, Mandarin and Classical Chinese.
It was planned as a national-level organization to fill in a long-perceived gap in how the Republic of China's institutions had handled Taiwanese literature as a field of academic inquiry and popular discourse. The Council for Cultural Affairs under the Executive Yuan set up the initial planning office.
Tainan was chosen for its historical significance as a cultural center. The museum is housed in the Tainan Prefecture government building, itself a national historical monument. The building was constructed in 1916 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan.[2]
Transportation
The museum is accessible within walking distance South West from Tainan Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to National Museum of Taiwan Literature. |
References
- ↑ "Hundreds oppose revised curriculum". Taipei Times. 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ http://www.cam.org.tw/download/EnjoyingTaiwanMuseums.pdf
External links
- National Museum of Taiwan Literature website
- Digital archive of the National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Coordinates: 22°59′31″N 120°12′17″E / 22.9920°N 120.2046°E